Whitebait Spawning Area
As you will read on the sign at GZ this explains the life cycle of the whitebait that so may people love to eat. Theres not much left by the time you head, gut and scale them HAHA!!! Some people say yummy and some don't like them at all. You will also get an insight into the threats that Whitebait face today.
Port Levy
It is very remote here so make sure you have plenty of fuel and there is no mobile coverage so make sure you have all the details that you need saved. Port Levy is a long, sheltered bay and settlement on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand. The current population is under 100, but in the mid-19th century it was the largest Māori settlement in Canterbury with a population of about 400 people. It is named after Solomon Levey, an Australian merchant and ship owner who sent a number of trading vessels to the Banks Peninsula area during the 1820s.
The bay was settled by the Ngai Tūāhuriri sub-tribe of Ngāi Tahu, and the chief Moki named the bay "Koukourarata" after a stream in Wellington that recalls the birth of his father, Tu Ahuriri. It was also the home of Tautahi, the chief after whom the swampland area Ōtautahi was named – now the site of the city of Christchurch.
Koukourarata marae, a marae (tribal meeting ground) of Ngāi Tahu and its Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata branch, is located at Port Levy. It includes the Tūtehuarewa wharenui (meeting house).[2] The first Māori Anglican church was built at Port Levy and a stone memorial marks the site. The plaque is at the end of the road near the warf and I was thinking of hidding a cache there. On the day of my visit there were lots of muggles in the area.
Portions of the Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures were shot in Port Levy — specifically the scenes where Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, two 16-year-old girls from Christchurch, saw their imaginary Fourth World.